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sPECIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,863, dated April 1, 1902. Application filed May 29, 1901. Serial No. 62,431. (No model.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES J. FAULKNER, a resident of Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roller Baling-Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in roller baling-presses, the object of the invention being to provide a press of this character with improved means for regulating the pressure on the bale.

. A further object is to provide a press of this character with improved automatic means for increasing pressure on the bale as it increases in size.

A further object is to provide improved means for transmitting motion to the presserrolls and so mount the latter as to insure the perfect rolling of a round bale.

A further object is to provide a round-bale press which will be extremely strong to withstand the excessive strains thereon, yet comparatively simple in construction and operation.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a top view with the feed-chute removed. Fig. 3 is a front View partly in section. Fig. 4 is a view in section through the machine, and Fig. 5 is a view in longitudinal section through one of the rolls.

1 represents the main frame of the machine supported on standards 2, the forward standards being especially strong to withstand the heavy weight and strains of the press. 011 the frame 1 the bed-rails 3 are secured and are made with central'longitudinal webs 4, provided at their forward ends with alined bearings 5 for the shaft 6 of lower roll 6, as will more f ully hereinafter appear. The webs 4 are made on their upper edge between their ends with alined bearings 7 for a shaft 8 and with bearings 9 for the main drive-shaft 10, having a pulley 11 thereon to receive a suitable belt, (not shown,) connecting the press carrying parallel upper rolls 19, and between the bearings for said rolls and preferably in a slightly higher plane bearings aremade for a shaft or rod 20, on which a vertically-disposed fender 21 is mounted and adapted'to guide the cotton between the "upper rolls. Parallel end plates 22, forming guards for the ends of the bale, are located at the ends of the presscr-rolls and are made with slotted extensions 23 to encompass the shaft or rod 20 and with slotted or forked lower ends 23, having vertical movement on the shaft 6, carrying lower roll 6, thus permitting frame 17 to move upward without displacing plates 22, but permitting them at all times to prevent misformation of the hale.

A small gear 24: is loosely mounted on drivetive ends of which latter sprocket-wheels 28 are secured and connected by sprocket-chains 29 with sprocket-wheels 30 on the opposite ends of shafts 19, carrying the upper presserrolls 19 to positively drive both the latter in the same direction.

A small gear 31 is secured on shaft 10 and meshes with a larger gear 32 on shaft 8. A smaller gear 33 is secured on shaft 8, meshing with a larger one 34.- on one end of shaft 6, carrying the lower presser-roll 6, to continuously revolve the lower roll in the same direction as that of the upper rolls.

The clutch 25 is operated by a crank-shaft 35, mounted in bearings 3:? on web 4, the crank-arm 36 of which shaft being provided with a perforated log 37 to receive one end of a rod 38, connected at its upper end to the forward shaft 19 The rod 38 is screwt-hreaded at its lower end to receive nuts 39,

located on opposite sides of the lug 37 and adapted to be adjusted thereon to properly engage thelug and operate crankshaft 35 and clutch 25 as the upper rolls are raised or loweredin the formation and discharge or doffing of a bale, as will be hereinafter set forth.

A suitable feed-chute 40 is supported on the movable or pivoted frame 17 and is adapted to feed the cotton to the rolls.

In the extreme'forward ends of the pivoted frame 17 a rod 41 is supported and has connected thereto parallel T-iron uprights 42, the lower ends of said uprights being connected to the respective ends of a bow-shaped yoke 43, secured to the under face of a double-shell or turtle-back platform 44, projecting beneath the presser-rolls and pivotally supported at its inner end on a transverse rod 45, secured between the parallel members of frame 1. This platform is formed of two metal plates bent in the are of a circle in cross-section and secured together along their edges by rivets, thus forming an extremely strong platform to equalize the pressure on both ends of the rolls and prevent any twisting or distortion, owing to an excessivepressure on one side of the rolls, which might be caused by an accumulation of cotton between one end of the rolls, and causing the upper rolls to remain at all times and under all conditions perfectly parallel with the lower roll, thus insuring a perfectly-formed bale and lengthening the life of the press.

The uprights 42 are made in the form of T -irons to greatly increase their lateral strength, as they are exposed to considerable lateral strain, and it has been found by actual practice that this T-iron upright will sustain such strain, while other forms of uprights have been broken or bent.

A horizontal angle-iron bridge-tree 46 is secured between forward standards 2 by bolts 47, passing through the upturned ends 46 of said bridge-tree and through the standards, and is provided on its upper face, midway between its ends, with parallel lugs 48, having alined holes therein to receive a bolt 49 and pivotally secure between them a perforated lug 50 on a nut or plug 51, screwed into the lower end of a vertical cylinder 52 to permit of pivotal movement of the cylinder to accommodate the same to the liftof the upper rolls and always exert a lengthwise or direct pull thereon. A piston 53 is mounted in said cylinder and is connected to a piston-rod 54, projecting up through a packing-nut 55, secured by bolts 56 in the removable head 57 of the cylinder. The rod 54 projects up through an opening in yoke 43 and is screw-threaded to receive nuts 58 above and below said yoke to adjustably connect the rod and yoke and permit of the finest adjustment to insure the best working of the apparatus.

A pressure-regulating cylinder 59, smaller 9 in diameter than cylinder 52, is located beside the latter and communicates therewith at its upper and lower ends by short pipes 60 and 61, respectively, the nut or plug 51 in the lower end of cylinder 52 being provided with a duct 62 to aline with pipe 61 and with a valve 62 to permit the return of liquid from cylinder 59 to cylinder 52, but prevent its flow in the opposite direction. This pressure-regulating cylinder 59 is closed at its lower end by a plug 63 and at its upper end by acap 65, bolted thereto, and a stuffing-nut 64 is secured in said cap and has projecting therethrough a rod 66, the upper end of which latter extends through a hole in yoke 43 and has located thereon on opposite sides of the yoke nuts 67 to adjust the rodand rigidly connect it to the yoke. This rod 66 extends down to near the bottom of cylinder 59 and has secured on its lower end a disk or ring 68 to bear against the lower end of a coiled spring 69,10cated on red 66. The upper end of said spring bears against a ring or washer 70, loose on the rod, to force upward a tapering valve 71, which latter is also loose on the rod and is provided with a tapering seat 72, so as to prevent the flow through pipe 60 into cylinder 59 until the pressure in cylinder 52 is in excess of the spring-pressure on valve 71, when the valve will be opened, permitting the liquidto pass into chamber 59. As the bale is formed the yoke 42 will beraised by the upward rise of the upper rolls 19, and hence draw the piston 53 in cylinder 52 upward and exerting a great pressure of liquid above the same to overcome the spring-pressure on valve71 and force the same from its seat, and as the bale increases in size the rod 66 will be drawn upward to contract spring 69 and increase the pressure on the Valve 71, and hence gradually increase the pressure on the bale as it is formed to insure a tightlyrolled bale.

The piston 53 is provided with a valve '73 to permit the liquid to pass upward therethrough, but prevent its downward passage. Hence when the bale is formed and defied or thrown outward from between the rolls the piston will gradually descend, the liquid passing up through the contracted opening in valve 73, serving as a check to prevent a sudden drop and consequent jar. Instead of providing a valve in the piston it may be made with cup-washers projecting upward to permit the upward flow around the piston, but prevent its return.

A swinging guide 74 is pivoted on red 41 to guide the baling-cloth.

The rolls 6 and 19 comprise two end disks or spiders 75, secured on their shaft and spaced apart. A cylinder is formed around the disks or spiders 75 and made with asurface of abrasive material screw-threaded or made with a spiral groove from end to end of the cylinder to give to the same a firm hold on the cotton and prevent slipping, thereby tightly winding the bale.

The operation of my improvements is as follows: Motion is transmitted to drive-shaft 10 by pulley 11 and through the chain of eee,see

cylinder 52 upward, the movement of the piston and consequent pressure on the bale being governed by the spring-pressed valve 71 in cylinder 59, as above explained. This upward movement of frame'17 draws rod 88 up through the perforated lug 37 on crank-shaft 35, and when the 'bale reaches its proper dimensions the lower nut 35) engages lug 37 and operates crank-shaft 35 to release clutch 25, thereby stopping upper rolls 19, while lower roll 6 continues to revolve, throwing out or dotting the bale, and as soon as the bale is doifed the frame 17 wiltgradually fall, owing to the resistance of the small valved opening in piston 53, and when the upper nut 39on rod 38 strikes lug 37 it will operate crank-shaft to again lock the gear 24 to shaft 10, when the press is ready to form another bale.

ing the ends of the cylinder, a valve in said Various slight changes might be resorted to in the general form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention', and hence I would have it understood that I do not wish to limit myself to the pre-.

cise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope ofmy invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r 1. In a roller baling-press, the combination with a stationary roll, a pivoted frame and rolls mounted in said frame above the stationary .roll and parallel therewith, of a hydraulic cylinder exerting a downward pressure on the pivoted frame, a by-pass connectby-pass, a spring pressingagainst said valve and means connecting said spring with the heads or spiders, and'a cyhndermade of abrapivoted frame.

1 2. In a roller baling press, the combination 7 with a stationary roll, a pivoted frame, and

rolls mounted-in said frame above the stationary roll and parallel therewith, of a cylinder containing liquid, mounted beneath the frame, a piston in said cylinder connected to the frame, a spring-pressed valve regulating the escape of liquid at the upper end ofsaid cylinder, and means connected withthe frame for increasing the tension on said springpressed valve as the frame is raised by the bale.

3. In a roller baling-press, the combination withia stationary'roll, a pivoted frame, rolls mounted in the frame parallel with thestationary roll, a turtle-back platform pivoted at one end beneath the rolls and rigidly connected at its free end to the free end of the pivoted frame, and means for retarding the upward movement of the platform.

t. In a roller baling-press, the combination with a stationary roll, a pivoted frame and rolls mounted in the free end of the frame parallel withthe stationary roll, of a pivoted platform comprising two curved or turtle-back plates riveted together at their side edges forming a hollow shell,,bars or rods connectingthe free ends of the platform and pivoted frame to prevent twisting of the rolls out of parallel, and means for retarding the upward movement of the platform and pivoted frame.

5. In a roller baling-press, the combination with a lower stationary roll, a pivoted frame, upper rolls mounted in the frame parallel with the lower roll, of a drive-shaft, a chain or gearing connecting thedrive-shaft and lower roll, a gear loose on the drive-shaft, a clutch for locking said gear and shaft together, transmitting mechanism operated by said gear to revolve the upper rolls, a crankshaft for operating the clutch, and a rod connected to the pivoted frame for operating the clutch as the bale is formed or doffed.

6. In a roller baling-press, the combination with a lower. stationary roll, a pivoted frame, upper rolls mounted in said frame parallel with the lower roll and mechanism fortransmitting motion to revolve all of said rolls in the same direction, of-a cylinder to contain liquid, a piston in said cylinder, a rod connecting said piston and pivoted frame, said cylinder hinged at its lower end to permit the piston a direct pull against the frame in all its varying positions, a regulatingcylinder beside tlie'mai'n cylinder and communicating therewith at both ends, a valved opening in the upper end of said regulating-cylinder in the path of flow of the liquid, a rod projecting through said regulating-cylinder and connected to the pivoted frame, a coiled spring carried by the rod and pressing against the valve and adapted to increase the pressure thereagainst as itis contracted by the upward .rise of the pivoted frame due to the increase .in size of the bale.

7. A roller for a baling-prcss, comprising sive material and supported by said heads or spiders, the exterior face of said abrasive cylinder being grooved spirally.

8. In a roller baling-press, the combination of a frame,presserrolls mountedin said frame and a swinging frame mounted on the firstmentioned frame infront of the rolls to hold and guide the baling cloth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMEs J. FAULKNER.

Witnesses: I

M. WoonwARn, CHAS. II. E'rTEn.

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